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Why do stars appear to be at rest though they are moving very fast?
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∙ 11y ago
Simply because they are so far away from you.
When you see a passenger airliner cruising at 35,000 feet over your neighborhood,
it doesn't look like what you'd expect from an object moving at 500 miles per hour.
Even the nearest astronomical body ... the moon ... is moving in its orbit at more than
2,200 miles per hour, and you can't actually see it moving.
Every star in the night sky is many millions of times farther away from you than
the moon is.
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Is a dolphin a slow moving or a fast moving animal?
A dolphin is a fast moving animal if you think about it.
Which has a higher frequency a star moving away from earth or towards earth?
I would think that current evidence suggests that the stars moving away from earth, some of them in far distant galaxies moving at unimaginably high speeds, are going much faster than stars moving toward us. The entire Andromeda galaxy is moving toward us and will collide with us in roughly 5 billion years, and it is not moving anywhere near as fast as the distant retreating galaxies.
Which has a larger wavelength a slow moving photon or a fast moving golf ball?
there are no slow moving photons, they move at speed of light.
What can astronomers learn about the stars motion based on wavelength shifts?
They can determine how fast the star is moving toward or away from us. The chemical spectral signature is used to determine the Doppler shift of the visible light reaching us. This is then used to calculate how fast we and the star in question are moving toward or away from each other.
Does fast moving water carry more or less sediment?
Fast-moving water can carry more sediment than slow-moving water.
Is a sea anenome slow or fast?
While Sea Anemone's appear slow, they are actually moving at a rate so fast it is not perceivable to the human eye.
Why do stars take so long to change?
The stars are light years away which is the distance light travels in a year. A light year is about 3x108km. The farther something is from you the slower they seem to travel so the stars don't look like the are moving. In reality, they are moving very fast.
Are dingoes fast moving or slow moving?
fast moving
Since light from distant stars have not reach us will the sky get brighter with time?
No. The vast majority of stars are so far away that even though their light is reaching us, they cannot be seen without a telescope. Additionally, the farthest stars from Earth are moving away from us so fast that their light is redshifted beyond the visible spectrum.
What carries more sediments a fast moving or a slow moving water?
Fast moving water.
Is jackals a fast moving or a slow moving?
fast
When you are moving fast what is that called?
moving fast in Japanese is "subayai"
Are shooting stars moving?
ok. first of all, if they were still, would they "shoot"? no. shooting stars move. "meteors" travel quite fast, that's whay you onl see them for a split second
Does a numbat waddle when it moves?
No. Numbats walk on four legs, and even though they are not fast-moving animals, they do not waddle.
Is a dolphin a slow moving or a fast moving animal?
A dolphin is a fast moving animal if you think about it.
Will there be more oxygen in a fast moving stream or a slow moving river?
Fast moving stream
When did Stars in Fast Cars end?
Stars in Fast Cars ended in 2006.
